The Break Room Llc

What The Break Room Llc does

The Break Room LLC operates a single-location smash room and paint room venue in Burlington/South Burlington, Vermont, founded in 2024 by Kristin Cutler and Kerry Lyons, two lifelong Vermonters. The company offers two core experiential products: smash rooms where customers destroy breakable items (dishes, bottles, glassware, electronics, car parts, TVs) inside a controlled, safety-supervised environment, and paint rooms where guests create splatter-paint art using non-toxic, washable paint with protective gear provided. Sessions range from 15 to 50 minutes at price points between $25 and $100 per person, with add-on items available a la carte.

The business runs a direct-to-consumer model in which all bookings are made exclusively online through the company's website — no walk-ins are accepted. Public operating hours are limited to Thursday through Sunday (approximately 16-17 hours per week), supplemented by appointment-only weekday lunch slots. Revenue streams span one-time session fees (smash and paint packages, birthday party packages at $250-$400, corporate events with custom scheduling), recurring subscription memberships across four tiers ($99-$299/month, with 3- and 6-month discounts, providing four smash sessions per month), add-on items, and gift certificates. Customer segments include individuals and small groups seeking stress relief, families hosting children's birthdays, corporate teams doing off-sites, and couples/creative audiences drawn to paint sessions including glow-in-the-dark variants.

The company is independently owned by its two founders with no venture capital, franchise affiliation, or holding-company involvement, and operates with a 1-10 employee headcount. Distribution is entirely self-direct via the company website, with marketing limited to organic Instagram and Facebook presence and word-of-mouth referrals. The concept originated from a 2024 Father's Day visit to a Foxwoods smash room, and the founders traveled nationally to research operations before launching as an original local concept rather than a franchise.

Name

The Break Room Llc

Legal name

The Break Room LLC

Website

https://breakroomvt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Break Room LLC operates a single-location smash room and paint room venue in Burlington, Vermont, offering supervised stress-relief sessions, birthday and corporate party packages, and subscription memberships to individual consumers, families, and local corporate groups.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

South Burlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Smash Room Sessions: One-time booking fees for smash room sessions where customers smash breakable items. Packages range from 15-50 minutes with varying quantities of breakables. Add-on items available for additional fees.
2. Paint Room Sessions: One-time booking fees for paint room experiences where customers create paint-based art. Includes protective gear, paint, and canvas.
3. Birthday Party Packages: Package bookings for birthday celebrations combining smash room or paint room time with party room access. Pricing is per booking for up to 8 participants.
4. Memberships: Monthly, 3-month, and 6-month subscription memberships offering weekly smash sessions. Includes four smash sessions per month. Sessions cannot be banked or combined. Valid Thursday through Sunday only.
5. Add-on Items: Additional items available for purchase during sessions including extra bottles, breakables, electronics, TVs, paint, canvases, paint balloons, and squirt guns. BYOB option for customers to bring their own approved breakables.

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

The Break Room operates a single physical venue in South Burlington, Vermont, where it sells timed smash room sessions (controlled destruction of breakables), paint room sessions (splat painting with washable paint), birthday party packages, corporate team-building events, and recurring memberships. Sessions are booked exclusively online through its website, with packages ranging from 15-minute quick stress relief sessions to 50-minute premium experiences.

Product overview

The Break Room is a single-location stress relief and entertainment venue offering smash rooms and paint rooms as its core experiential products. The smash rooms provide宣泄 stress relief through destroying dishes, bottles, glassware, electronics, and furniture, with packages ranging from the entry-level Clean Break ($30) to the premium Breaking Point ($100). The paint rooms offer creative expression through splatter painting with non-toxic, washable paint. Additional offerings include birthday party packages (Bash, Splash, and combined), corporate team-building events, and membership tiers (Perfect for Casual, Weekly Smash, Bigger Smashes, and VIP/All-out). The venue also sells add-on items for both smash and paint rooms. All products are sold as individual booking slots or packages at this physical Vermont location.

Differentiator

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Products and services

• Smash Room Sessions Guided smash room sessions where customers destroy breakables (bottles, glassware, electronics, car parts, TVs) in a safe, supervised environment. Sessions are booked per person and range from 15- to 50-minute durations, with packages offering individual breakables and a selection of shared items. Open to individuals, small groups, and parties of 4+; participants must be 11+ and wear closed-toed shoes.
• Paint Room Sessions Splat paint room sessions where customers create art using non-toxic, washable paint on canvas or as a creative group activity. Includes protective gear, goggles, canvas, brushes, and 8–16 cups of paint per person. Available for ages 5+, with packages including Brush It Off and Brush Hour.
• Birthday Party Packages Hosted birthday celebration packages for up to 8 participants, combining a smash room or paint room session with a dedicated party room. Three options: Birthday Bash (smash + party room, $250), Birthday Splash (paint + party room, $250), and combined Bash and Splash (smash + paint + party room, $400). Bookable Saturday and Sunday mornings.
• Corporate Party Events Private group bookings for corporate team-building, holiday parties, and milestone celebrations. Includes private access to smash rooms and the paint room, a curated selection of breakable items, safety gear, full orientation, and custom scheduling to accommodate the team's needs.
• Membership Program Recurring subscription memberships offering weekly smash sessions (and paint variants) for regular customers. Includes four smash sessions per month at varying intensity levels, available on monthly, 3-month, and 6-month terms. Pricing ranges from $99/month (entry-level) to $299/month (VIP), with corresponding discounts at longer terms. Sessions must be used within the month and are valid Thursday through Sunday.
• Gift Certificates Purchasable gift certificates that can be used toward any The Break Room experience, including smash room sessions, paint room sessions, and birthday packages. Sold online through the venue website.

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Direct peers

• Anger Room: The Anger Room (originally established in Dallas/Houston) pioneered the smash-room concept and offers weapon and object-smashing sessions for individuals and groups. Conceptually equivalent to The Break Room's smash sessions, though it operates as a larger multi-location chain.
• The Rage Room: The Rage Room is one of the largest rage/smash room chains in North America with multiple locations. Directly comparable to The Break Room as both operate smash-room sessions where customers pay to destroy breakable items, with similar pricing tiers and group booking options.
• BreakBar NYC: BreakBar is a New York-based rage room and axe-throwing venue offering smash sessions, group packages, and memberships. Direct comparable on product (smash room sessions), customer use cases (group outings, stress relief, birthdays), and pricing model.
• Wrecking Bar Social Club: Wrecking Bar Social Club is a smash-room and experiential venue offering curated destruction experiences. Comparable to The Break Room as a single-site operator offering smash packages for groups, birthday parties, and corporate events.
• Smash Therapy: Smash Therapy operates rage-room style stress-relief venues with package-based destruction sessions. Comparable on the stress-relief framing, package pricing tiers, and group booking model that The Break Room uses.
• Smash RX: Smash RX is a smash room and axe throwing concept offering curated destruction experiences for individuals, groups, and corporate events. Comparable to The Break Room in offering stress-relief destruction experiences with package pricing, group events, and BYOB-style customization.

Emerging players

• Flight Club: Flight Club is a multi-location experiential venue combining social darts with food and beverage service. While the core activity differs, it is comparable to The Break Room as a curated group-activity entertainment venue targeting adults for social/team-building occasions.

Broad incumbents

• Andretti Indoor Karting & Games: Andretti Indoor Karting & Games is a multi-attraction family entertainment center offering group events and birthday parties. Comparable to The Break Room in serving the birthday party and corporate group-event segments, though at much larger scale and broader activity mix.
• Painting with a Twist: Painting with a Twist is a national paint-and-sip franchise offering guided group painting sessions, often paired with BYOB. Comparable to The Break Room's paint room in serving group/corporate/date-night audiences via painting, though the format is more structured and instructor-led.
• Color Me Mine: Color Me Mine is a national paint-your-own-pottery franchise with a comparable creative-studio experience model. Relevant peer to The Break Room's paint room, though paint pottery (decorative) versus splatter/glow paint (mess/expressive) yields a different use case profile.

Market position

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Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

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Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/breakroomvt
• Instagraminstagram.com/breakroomvt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/breakroomvt

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Investors

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Investments

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